This will be my first time doing so. Anything I should know, look out for, fear, weep at, slob about, before hand? Is this simple for a n00b like myself? I have capped 3 Sanyo's in my day, but never replaced transistors.
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very very simple procedure though if you have desoldering capability, otherwise it'll take a little finesse to get them out with a regular iron, at which point you'd be best to cut the legs, and pull them individually with needlenose pliers while heating the solder joint. I use dental picks to clear out holes, they're extremely handy to have around. then you can install the new transistor. depending on the hole alignment, you may have to throw a bend in the middle leg of the transistor, but this is a very easy procedure.
when the vertical output transistors fried they very likely took out the fusable resistor that supplies the voltage to them.